<?php

function canvas_fullpost($url_string='') {
	parse_str($url_string, $vars);
	global $post_count;
	$i = 0;
	$posts_to_skip = $post_count;
	$total = $vars["number"];
	while(have_posts()) : the_post(); 
		if($i < $total+$posts_to_skip && $i >= $posts_to_skip) : ?>
			<?php if(in_category($vars['skip_category'])) { $post_count++; continue; } ?>
			<div class="firstPost-short">
				<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
				<small>By <?php the_author_posts_link('nickname') ?></small>
				<div class="entry">
					<?php if($vars["post_type"] == 'excerpt') the_excerpt();
						else the_content(); ?>
				</div>
				<p class="postmetadata">This post has been filed under <?php the_category(', '); ?> on <?php the_time('F jS') ?> <?php comments_popup_link('Comments (0)', 'Comments (1)', 'Comments (%)'); ?> / <?php comments_rss_link('RSS'); ?></p>
			</div>
		<?php 
		$post_count++; 
		endif;
		$i++;
	endwhile; 
	rewind_posts();
}
?>